BiasAlerts

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NBC's Vieira to Robert Gibbs on Tax Hikes: What Happened to Obama the Fighter?

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs appeared on all three major morning shows, on Wednesday, and was pressed by ABC, CBS and NBC's anchors about whether or not the President would fold and ...

Nets Paint GOP as Obstinate, Highlight Failure to Offer 'Mea Culpa' or Match Obama's 'Peace Offering'

Covering President Barack Obama's White House meeting with congressional leaders, ABC and CBS portrayed incoming House Republicans as the ones obstinate about tax rates, refusing to compromise ' ...

CNN Books Three Liberals to Discuss WikiLeaks, No Conservatives

CNN's Larry King provided more proof that his network does indeed "play favorites," contrary to the claim of their recent ad, by bringing on three liberals on his program on Monday to discuss ...

George Stephanopoulos Hypes Christine O'Donnell Tweet on Hillary Clinton, Touts Scarborough Attack

A fascinated George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday analyzed a Tweet by Christine O'Donnell as a sign of support for Hillary Clinton. The ABC host played up the approving comment by the Republican ...

Today Show Portrays Wiki Leaker as a 'Teased' and 'Harassed' Victim of the Military

Instead of leading with how Army Private First Class Bradley Manning may have jeopardized national security with his document dump to WikiLeaks, NBC's chief Pentagon correspondent Jim ...

On Today: Matt Lauer Tries to Convince Republican to Go Obama's Way and Raise Taxes

NBC's Matt Lauer, on Tuesday's Today show, invited on soon to be House Majority Leader Eric Cantor to discuss the meeting of Republican congressional leaders with Barack Obama, and in the process ...

CBS's Plante Chides: Republicans 'In No Mood to Compromise' with Obama

On Tuesday's CBS Early Show, senior White House correspondent Bill Plante scolded Republicans for not being willing to work with Democrats in an upcoming White House meeting: "President Obama made ...

George Stephanopoulos Lobbies McCain to 'Move the President's Way' on 'Tax Cuts' for Millionaires

Playing the role of negotiator for the Democrats, Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday pressed Senator John McCain to "move the President's way" on extending the Bush tax cuts. ...

NY Times Preens Over Publishing Stolen Cables, But Was Snooty Over Swiped Climate-Gate Email

NYT Executive Editor Bill Keller on why the Times published confidential diplomatic cables obtained illegally by WikiLeaks: "For The Times to ignore this material would be to deny its own readers ...

NBC's Lauer: WikiLeaks is Merely a 'Messenger' for Classified Material

On Monday's Today show, NBC's Matt Lauer downplayed the criminal factor in the release of hundreds of thousands of classified diplomatic communiques by WikiLeaks, twice labeling the website as ...
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